Edd Daggers

Edd Daggers (UK) is an award-winning comedian and a true pioneer of the Asian comedy scene, establishing ROR Comedy Club in Osaka back in 2011. He's a regular at many of the world's most famous comedy venues, including the London Comedy Store and the Sydney Comedy Store, and has headlined across Asia. Edd combines tightly written jokes with playful crowd interaction for an unforgettable live experience.

“Intelligent, witty and insightful, Daggers brings a real passion to the stage”. TimeOut

He joins Brian Alyward; a 17 year veteran comedian who has performed more than 3000 shows in 32 countries.  Aylward is a former Canadian Comedy Award winner for "Best Standup Comic."

Brian headlines Best Kind Comedy Tour, one of the biggest annual stand-up comedy tours in Canada. In February 2017, Aylward's solo show “Big In Asia” was nominated for “Best Comedy” at Fringe World in Perth, Australia.

In 2014, Aylward set the unofficial Comedy World Record, performing twenty-one different 10-minute sets in one day at the Haebangchon Festival in Seoul, South Korea.

Based on a bet made back in 2005, Newfoundland native Brian Aylward stepped on stage for the first time at a rowdy expatriate bar in Anyang, South Korea. Aylward went on to pioneer the English stand-up comedy scene in South Korea, officially establishing Stand Up Seoul in 2009, and turning the country into a legitimate destination on the international comedy circuit.

Aylward has performed hundreds of shows across Asia, including Vietnam, Singapore, Japan, Malaysia, Cambodia, India, Hong Kong, China, Indonesia, Thailand, Mongolia, Oman, Myanmar and more.

Upon returning to his native Canada in 2010, Brian went on to become the twice finalist in SiriusXM Radio’s “Canada’s Top Comic” (2011/2013), a national headliner with Canada’s Yuk Yuk’s comedy clubs and he performed theatre tours across Newfoundland. Brian has performed at many festivals around the world, including Just For Laughs 42, Halifax Comedy Fest, Hong Kong International Comedy Festival and the Magners International Comedy Festival. He has also appeared several times on Canada's hit CBC Radio show "The Debaters."

Aylward's numerous social media rants and sketch comedy character "Fadder" have garnered millions of views online.

Brian is also Founder of Mad About Comedy (Bangkok) and Creative Director & Producer of "Your Hood's A Joke" (South Asia).

"One of Asia's most influential stand up comedians." - The Korea Times

"One of Canada's funniest." - The Telegram